The annual glaciohydrology cycle in the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet: Part 1. Hydrology model

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 204, 2011, Pages 697-709

  Colgan, William ^a   Rajaram, Harihar ^b   Anderson, Robert ^a   Steffen, Konrad ^a   Phillips, Thomas ^a,b   Joughin, Ian ^c   Zwally, H Jay ^d   Abdalati, Waleed ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 80052997224     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311797409668     Document Type: Article

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